I would say the skills of a rallydriver are things like coordination, balance, anticipation, risk-assement and intelligence. None of these things are captured in the word 'athlete'.
You don't think athletes need coordination, balance and anticipation?
I agree that the word 'athlete' is very general and doesn't give you much detail though.
Last edited by GravelBen; 8th April 2017 at 06:26.
You wrote:
"But crucially for me, those types of consumer-series car names are not the future, there's no link anymore so why restrict it to them?"
"I made a list of 10 manufacturers of rally cars...
Not for me. It's the FIA's definition for Group A and N. Group B was for GTs but also included sports specials it allowed the beasts that got banned and so WRC manufacturers championship never saw a...
I'm aware of the historical definition, I just didn't think anyone would still use it today. Last time I saw (on ewrc-results) a rally dividing cars into touring and great touring classes, it was...
You wrote: "But crucially for me, those types of consumer-series car names are not the future, there's no link anymore so why restrict it to them?" "I made a list of 10 manufacturers of rally cars...
WRC mainclass from 2027